Re: MELPA version numbers

[Steve Purcell]

On 2 Aug 2013, at 15:27, Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> wrote:
>> This more sophisticated way of tracking archives would not only neatly
>> solve the problem of MELPA version numbers (without even touching them),
> 
> No, it doesn't really solve the problem: most people wouldn't know when
> MELPA's version is out of date.  How would you know to switch archive if
> package.el doesn't tell you that there's a newer version in the
> "gnu" archive?


Can that even happen, for longer than a MELPA build cycle?

-Steve (MELPA co-maintainer)